when the exact words spoken by someone are written down, usually enclosed in inverted commas to indicate speech

when we write what someone said without using the exact words they spoke and without using inverted commas

language structures that contribute to text cohesion

Writing the second part of a journalistic report about a climate protest

English

In this unit, pupils use a contemporary issue as the stimulus for journalistic writing, focusing on how writer's bias can shape a report.

In 'The Titanic: Journalistic Report Writing', pupils learnt to research a historical event as a stimulus for writing a journalistic report. In this unit, pupils will use a contemporary issue as the stimulus for journalistic writing, focusing on how writer's bias can shape a report.

Climate emergency: journalistic report writing

Professor Li said, "I fully support these activists."

Professor Li said that she fully supported the activists.

Which sentence below uses reported speech? 

Inspector Braddock stated, "We made two arrests"

Inspector Braddock stated, "We made two arrests."

Inspector Braddock stated "We made two arrests."

Which sentence uses inverted commas correctly for direct speech?

"Fortunately," he noted, "the protestors were very sensible."

"Fortunately," he noted "the protestors were very sensible."

"Fortunately, the protestors were very sensible," he noted. 

"Fortunately, the protestors were very sensible" he noted. 

Which sentences below are punctuated correctly?

Professor Li (of Oakville University supported the protestors. 

Professor Li, a climate expert, supported the protestors. 

Professor Li a climate expert, supported the protestors. 

Professor Li (of Oakville University) supported the protestors. 

Which sentences use parenthesis correctly?

After which word could a colon to explain be placed in this sentence? '"I fully support the protestors this road would be a disaster for the climate."'

The police arrested two activists, who had tried to damage a vehicle. 

Two activists, who had tried to damage a vehicle, were arrested. 

Two activists were arrested while they tried to damage a vehicle.

Two activists tried to damage a vehicle and they were arrested. 

Which sentences are relative complex sentences that contain relative clauses? 

contractions and chatty or imaginative language

Which of these should we aim to include in a journalistic report? 

The police came along, but they were useless.

The police? It was like they were barely there!

Although the police attended the demonstration, they made no arrests. 

Which version of the sentence has the most appropriate tone and vocabulary for a journalistic report? 

introducing the person whose perspective we're giving

Which of the following will we **not** include in each main paragraph of our report? 

The police attended the protest two; arrests were made. 

The police attended the protest; two arrests were made. 

The police attended; the protest two arrests were made. 

Which version of the sentence uses a semi-colon correctly as a cohesive device?

Ben Braddock (a local police inspector) said the protest was peaceful. 

Ben Braddock said the protest, a local police inspector, was peaceful. 

Ben Braddock, who is a local police inspector, said the protest was peaceful. 

Ben Braddock, a local police inspector, said the protest was peaceful. 

Which sentences combine these two pieces of information correctly? 'Ben Braddock said the protest was peaceful. He is a local police inspector.'

When the police arrived, a woman had already chained herself to a tree.

A woman had already chained herself to a tree when the police arrived. 

A woman, who had chained herself to a tree, was arrested by police. 

One woman took things further, chaining herself to a tree. 

Which sentences use an adverbial complex sentence correctly as a cohesive device? 

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Writing the second part of a journalistic report about a climate protest

Lesson outcome